Ahmed Humaidan

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Today, CPJ joined 10 local and international organizations in sending an open letter calling on King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa and the Bahraini government to release photojournalist Ahmed Humaidan and dismiss all charges against him. The letter calls on the government to fulfill Bahrain's obligations under international law and its commitments under the 2012 Universal Periodic Review by the U.N. Human Rights Council.

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New York, August 22, 2014 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Bahrain High Court of Appeals to overturn the baseless conviction of freelance photojournalist Ahmed Humaidan. The court is expected to rule on Humaidan's appeal on August 25, according to news reports.

On World Press Freedom Day, CPJ calls for the release of all jailed journalists

By Shazdeh Omari/CPJ News Editor

New York, April 29, 2014—Uzbek editor Muhammad Bekjanov has been in jail for 15 years, one of the longest imprisonments of journalists worldwide. Prominent Iranian journalist Siamak Ghaderi was imprisoned in 2010 and has been beaten and whipped in custody. Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Van Hai, serving a 12-year jail term, could barely walk or talk during a prison visit in July 2013, his family said.

New York, March 26, 2014--Today's conviction of freelance
photographer Ahmed Humaidan is an attempt by Bahraini authorities to censor
independent and dissident voices in the lead-up to the Formula One race in
April, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Humaidan, who has been
imprisoned since December 2012, was sentenced to 10 years in jail, according to
news reports.

Three years ago, hundreds of thousands of Bahrainis
descended to the streets to demand change. A harsh government crackdown and the
turn to violence by some protesters have since dampened the hope lit on
February 14, 2011. In this context, we asked Bahrainis and Bahrain observers on
Twitter how they think the status of press freedom has changed in the country.
We know what we think: The Bahraini government has fallen terribly short of its
own rhetoric of reform. But we wanted to hear directly from those who work and
live in Bahrain every day.

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New York, December 27, 2013--Ahmed Al-Fardan, photographer
for the NurPhoto agency, was arrested
Thursday at his home in Bahrain, according to his agency, news reports,
and human rights groups. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the
arrest.

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New York, August 1, 2013--A Bahraini blogger
has been detained and a photographer is missing amid signs that Bahraini
authorities are trying to crack down on critical voices ahead of protests planned
for August 14, according to news reports.

For two years, Bahrainis have been asking
"Where is Ali Abdel Imam?" And now finally, they have an answer.

The prominent opposition blogger suddenly emerged
from hiding last week, announcing he had been granted asylum in the United
Kingdom, news sources reported.

He had not been heard from since March 17, 2011, when he cryptically tweeted, "I get tired from my phone so I switched it of no need for rumors plz." The Bahraini government had just declared a state of emergency, as massive reform protests rocked the island country. Abdel Imam, who had already been arrested twice before for his work, feared the government would arrest him again in an impending crackdown. So when they came for him the following day, Abdel Imam made sure he wasn't there. He had not been heard from since--until last week.

The Bahraini press,
like almost everything else in the island country, is sharply divided. If the
government would take steps to strengthen press freedom instead of restricting
access, then much of this divide could be bridged.

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New
York, January 9, 2013--Bahraini authorities should drop charges they have filed
against a photojournalist in connection with his coverage of anti-government
protests in April, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.